I've had this mystery snail for about a month now and I saw him this morning doing his usual thing. Came home from work and he is closed in his shell? He isn't sleeping right?
He did get a hole in his shell on the top, very small though, I don't know if that had something to do with it. I think he got it from "mission impossible"ing off stuff like the filter, pot, bamboo and the likes...
How do you tell what happened?
I checked my water and everything is still good ?

My snail hides and sleeps. Sometimes he'll cruise along like a race car driver. Sometimes he'll just curl up in one spot and not move at all. It's really interesting. I'm not an expert. Sorry, I know you're waiting on one. You end up learning a ton if you just sit and watch your tank. I promise you it's more entertaining that watching paint dry. I might sound crazy, but your fish respond to you if you talk to them too. My snail has even started moving more since I started talking to my tank more. He comes out less if I talk to the tank-mates less.

If we are made of cells, then a scientist who studies cells is actually a group of cells studying themcells!

I do talk to them XD I just didn't know snails closed themselves up like that. I was very concerned that Sebastian might have eaten him. I love watching them. Especially Turbo (named after a car turbo), he is so fast. One second you see him on one end of the tank and you look back and he some how got to the front wall or he is dropping from the filter to the gravel. haha

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